I have been running some new installation scenarios but keep getting the following errors which never happened before:

- Setting content access account for Search Service Application...
Set-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplication : The search service is not able to connect to the machine that hosts the administration component. Verify that the administration component '418d3ef2-8001-4ed2-943b-c68419330ef5' in search application 'Search Service
Application' is in a good state and try again.
At E:\Install\SP2010\AutoSPInstaller\AutoSPInstallerFunctions.ps1:2312 char:56
+ $searchApp | Set-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplication <<<< -DefaultContentAccessAccountName $svcConfig.EnterpriseSearchServiceApplications.EnterpriseSearchServiceApplication.ContentAccessAccount
`
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (Microsoft.Offic...viceApplication:
SetSearchServiceApplication) [Set-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplication], InvalidOperationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Cmdlet.SetSearchServiceApplication

and

- Creating network share "SearchShare=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Servers\14.0\Data\Office Server\Applications"
Get-SPEnterpriseSearchCrawlContentSource : The search service is not able to connect to the machine that hosts the administration component. Verify that the administration component '418d3ef2-8001-4ed2-943b-c68419330ef5' in search application 'Search Service
Application' is in a good state and try again.
At E:\Install\SP2010\AutoSPInstaller\AutoSPInstallerFunctions.ps1:2471 char:85
+ Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplication | Get-SPEnterpriseSearchCrawlContentSource <<<< | Set-SPEnterpriseSearchCrawlContentSource -StartAddresses $CrawlStartAddresses
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (Microsoft.Offic...wlContentSource:
GetSearchCrawlContentSource) [Get-SPEnterpriseSearchCrawlContentSource], I
nvalidOperationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Cmdlet.GetSearchCrawlContentSource